Hungry for information? Welcome to our Friday Feed, the place we run by means of all of the native meals and restaurant information this week—and possibly assist you determine the place to eat this weekend.
Extra for Much less
Earlier this 12 months, we lined the rising pattern of eating places including value-priced tasting menus to their choices, and this week introduced two promising new choices. Fremont’s Kamonegi now gives eight programs for $75, together with signature dishes like foie gras, uni shiso bomb, and kamonegi seiro soba. On Capitol Hill, considered one of Seattle Met’s 2024 Greatest New Eating places, Ramie, added a $65 four-course chef’s tasting menu that’s nearly extra like a prix fixe, because it permits the diner to decide on the entrée and the dessert.
You solely have till September to squeeze in a couple of final bites of Eden Hill’s artistic and enjoyable meals.
Closing Time
- Altering of the guards: A trio of basic Seattle eating places introduced their closing this week, beginning with the Alki location of Duke’s Seafood. After abruptly shutting its doorways final week, Duke’s introduced by way of e-mail that it had offered the restaurant after almost 1 / 4 century within the location. West Seattle Weblog adopted as much as say that Kent’s Do Si Korean BBQ will open its second location within the house, hopefully by mid-summer. Duke’s six different places within the area stay open.
- Paradise misplaced: Eden Hill opened in September 2015, bringing formidable, enjoyable, and inventive meals to Queen Anne. It livened up the neighborhood and the town’s meals scene, introducing to the world pig head sweet bars and popcorn sabayon. The thrilling upstart matured right into a dependable normal, securing a spot on Seattle Met’s 50 Greatest Eating places. However homeowners Maximillian and Jennifer Petty say that after a decade, it’s time to close the doorways. The restaurant will stay open till September, after which the pair will give attention to its close by sibling, Massive Max Burger Co.
- Crying into our curry: Restaurant gems like Thai Siam are a rarity, which makes the information that the 38-year-old Ballard stalwart is closing up store on the finish of the month completely heartbreaking. Not solely did it serve a imply mee-krob and impressively spicy soups, it fervently supported its neighborhood in all types of the way, most notably with its annual free Christmas dinners.
Midnite Ramen is getting a sibling store in the identical constructing, Nanking Ramen.
Growth Joints
- Ramen redux: Elmer Komagata of Midnite Ramen opens Nanking Ramen at the moment contained in the Figurehead Brewing complicated on Stone Method. Ooshiba Yakitori and Sushi closed late final month, and Komagata will take that house over with Nanking. The brand new idea serves shio (salt-based) ramen primarily based on Komagata’s analysis into what he believes was the very first ramen ever served in Japan, 140 years in the past.
- Candy scoop: Final week we realized Molly Moon’s was opening on the waterfront, now fellow PNW ice cream store Salt & Straw joins the fray downtown. The Portland chain filed plans to show the previous Starbucks at 1st and Pike right into a takeout-only scoop store. No phrase on a goal date, however the Market-adjacent house is very useful for an organization like Salt & Straw, because the Market itself solely permits companies opening their first location.
- Smash and seize: Capitol Hill cute-overload restaurant Harry’s Fantastic Meals added an equally lovely lunchtime takeout window, by means of which it should cross diners a smashburger (with fries). Open midday to three pm, Wednesday by means of Friday, it serves solely the burger (single or double), with sauce, pickle, and onion; no substitutions.
- Hey Joe: Dealer Joe’s opens its first new Seattle location in additional than a decade at the moment, taking on the previous Safeway house at N. 87th and Greenwood Ave N.
Musician and chocolatier Aaron Lindstrom will open Cocoa Legato, a chocolate manufacturing unit and music venue in Greenwood.
The Future is Vibrant
- Talking of Greenwood: Cocoa Legato, the chocolate manufacturing unit, music venue, and café from former Theo supervisor Aaron Lindstrom, will open on April 26.
- Extra music: Sake Noire, the pop-up sake and shochu bar that does paired tasting menus and jazz nights from its momentary location inside Kai’s Bistro, introduced that it’s going to open a everlasting location in Hillman Metropolis. No timeline but, and founder Quan Liang plans to proceed working from the momentary location for now.
- Cross-culture delicacies: The household behind the Maharaja eating places has one thing new up their sleeves, studies West Seattle Weblog. The brand new bar, referred to as Indofusion, goals to open within the subsequent few weeks within the former Tacos Guaymas house on California Ave SW. The meals will incorporate Indian and Indian-Chinese language meals with different influences, so diners can search for dishes like rooster tikka tacos and tandoori dumplings.
- Ladies’s work: Final summer season we famous that The Sports activities Bra and Tough and Tumble are just the start, and now Pitch the Child proves us proper. The ladies’s sports activities bar-plus plans to open this summer season within the former Kingfish Cafe, not too long ago vacated by Rocket Taco, which moved throughout the road to the previous Tallulah’s house. Per the launch put up, it goals to be “a vibrant, intergenerational neighborhood hub welcoming households and followers of all ages who love girls’s sports activities.” The three way partnership contains Monica Dimas, who not too long ago offered Westman’s Bagels and Espresso, and plans to resurrect a model of her Tortas Condesa within the house. She’s joined by Anais Custer, associate in La Dive and associated bars, and Kim Flanery-Rye of Inclusion Equals.
Oh, BTW, right here’s what you missed final week.
